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{{short description|National university system of the Philippines}}
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{{Infobox university
| name                  = University of the Philippines
| native_name           = ''Unibersidad ng Pilipinas''
| native_name_lang      = fil
| image                 = University of The Philippines seal.svg
| image_size            = 175px
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|former_name            = American University of the Philippines{{#tag:ref|The university was briefly referred to as the "American University of the Philippines" when it was established by the American colonial government in 1908;<ref name="formername1">{{cite web |date=January 31, 2007 |title=Ang unang pangalan ng University of the Philippines |url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/28815/ulatfilipino/pinoytrivia/ang-unang-pangalan-ng-university-of-the-philippines |access-date=June 20, 2015 |publisher=[[GMA Network]] |language=fil}}</ref><ref name="formername2">{{cite news |date=June 19, 2015 |title=Fast Facts: The A to Z of the University of the Philippines |url=http://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/96732-fast-facts-university-of-the-philippines |access-date=June 20, 2015 |work=[[Rappler]]}}</ref> however, in Section 1 of Act No. 1870, it states "The [[Governor-General of the Philippines|Governor-General]] is hereby authorized, within the powers and limitations hereinafter specified, to establish in the city of [[Manila]], or at the point he may deem most convenient, a university which shall be known by the designation of 'University of the Philippines', the same being organized as a corporation under that name."<ref name=Act1870/>|group=Note}}-->
| motto                 = "Honor, Excellence, Service"<ref>{{cite news |last=Acebuche |first=Yoniel |date=May 14, 2024 |newspaper=[[The Philippine Star]]|title=UP president Angelo Jimenez unveils university's new motto: 'Honor. Excellence. Service' |url=https://philstarlife.com/news-and-views/306944-up-president-angelo-jimenez-new-motto |accessdate=May 15, 2024}}</ref><ref name="motto">{{cite news |author=Iskomunidad |date=n.d. |title=University of the Philippines System |url=http://iskwiki.upd.edu.ph/index.php/University_of_the_Philippines_System |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913203615/http://iskwiki.upd.edu.ph/index.php/University_of_the_Philippines_System |archive-date=September 13, 2021 |access-date=September 14, 2021}}</ref>
| type                  = [[Public university|Public]] [[coeducational]] [[nonprofit organization|non-profit]] [[research university|research]] higher education institution and [[National university|national]] [[university system]]
| established           = {{start date and age|June 18, 1908}}<ref name="UPhist">{{cite web |author1=Staff |title=University History |url=http://www.up.edu.ph/about-up/university-history/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423150050/http://www.up.edu.ph/about-up/university-history/ |archive-date=April 23, 2015 |access-date=April 25, 2015 |website=University of the Philippines |publisher=University of the Philippines system}}</ref>
| academic_affiliations = {{hlist|[[Association of Pacific Rim Universities]]|[[Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning]]|[[ASEAN University Network]]|ASEAN-European University Network}}
| budget                = [[Philippine Peso|₱]]24.392&nbsp;billion (US$477&nbsp;million) (2022)<ref name="UP2022Budget">{{cite web |date=January 3, 2022 |title=UP 2022 Budget |url=https://phkule.org/article/436/up-gets-p28-billion-budget-hike-in-2022 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223132618/https://phkule.org/article/436/up-gets-p28-billion-budget-hike-in-2022 |archive-date=February 23, 2022 |access-date=February 23, 2022}}</ref>
| chairperson           = [[Shirley Agrupis]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 4, 2017 |title=The Board of Regents |url=https://up.edu.ph/the-board-of-regents/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250606045405/https://up.edu.ph/the-board-of-regents/ |archive-date=June 6, 2025 |access-date=June 6, 2025 |website=University of the Philippines}}</ref>
| president             = [[Angelo Jimenez]]<ref>{{cite web |author1=Staff |date=April 4, 2017 |title=Office of the University President |url=https://up.edu.ph/office-of-the-university-president/ |access-date=February 12, 2023 |website=up.edu.ph |publisher=University of the Philippines System}}</ref>
| faculty               = 4,172 (2022)<ref name="UP2022Statistics">{{cite web |title=U.P. Statistics 2022 |url=https://upsbo.up.edu.ph/assets/files/pdf/UP_Statistics_2022_FINAL.pdf |access-date=May 1, 2024 |publisher=University of the Philippines System Budget Office}}</ref>
| students              = 64,144 (2022)<ref name=UP2022Statistics/>
| undergrad             = 44,861 (2022)<ref name=UP2022Statistics/>
| postgrad              = 19,283 (2022)<ref name=UP2022Statistics/>
| other                 = 2,757 (basic level) (2022)<ref name=UP2022Statistics/>
| city                  = 
| location              = Diliman, [[Quezon City]], Philippines ([[University of the Philippines Diliman|central administration]])
| coordinates           = {{coord|14|40|N|121|04|E|display=inline,title|region:PH_type:landmark_source:GNS-enwiki}}
| campus                = Multiple sites, {{convert|26304.5416|ha|acre|abbr=on}}<ref name=UP2022Statistics/>
| free_label            = Alma Mater song
| free                  = "''[[U.P. Naming Mahal]]''" ("U.P. Beloved")
| colors                = [[Image:UP colors.svg|15px|border]] Maroon and green<ref>{{cite web |title=The University Seal &#124; University of the Philippines System Website |url=http://www.up.edu.ph/about-up/the-university-seal/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920102144/http://www.up.edu.ph/about-up/the-university-seal/ |archive-date=September 20, 2015 |access-date=October 18, 2015}}</ref> <!--uni colors in color box template {{colour box|#7B1113}}{{colour box|#014421}}-->
| sports_nickname       = Fighting Maroons
| mascot                = [[Oblation (statue)|Oble]]
| website               = {{official URL}}
| logo                  = UP logotype.svg
| logo_size             = 260px
| module                = {{Audio sample|embed=yes
 | type                  = song
 | header                = ''UP Naming Mahal''
 | file                  = UP Naming Mahal.ogg
 | description           = {{small|Choral version arranged by Nhick Pacis and performed by the [[University of the Philippines Singing Ambassadors|UP Concert Chorus]]}}}}
}}

The '''University of the Philippines''' ('''UP'''; {{langx|fil|Unibersidad ng Pilipinas}}<ref>{{cite web |date=2013 |title=Mga Pangalan ng Tanggapan ng Pamahalaan sa Filipino |url=https://kwf.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Mga-ng-Pangalan-Tanggapan-sa-Filipino2.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923032240/https://kwf.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Mga-ng-Pangalan-Tanggapan-sa-Filipino2.pdf |archive-date=September 23, 2021 |access-date=February 21, 2022 |publisher=[[Commission on the Filipino Language]] |language=fil}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2018 |title=Direktoryo ng mga Ahensiya at Opisyal ng Pamahalaan ng Pilipinas |url=https://www.dbm.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/AboutDBM/2018/2018_filipino_version.pdf |access-date=February 21, 2022 |publisher=Department of Budget and Management |language=fil}}</ref> or {{lang|fil|Pamantasan ng Pilipinas}})<ref>{{cite book |last=Laksamana |first=Francisco |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9rEOAAAAMAAJ |title=Anino ng̃ kahapon: nobelang Tagalog |date=1907 |publisher=Manlapaz Publishing Company |language=tl}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Allison |first=Miles C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qRvB1byNKMYC |title=Current Catalog |date=1992 |publisher=[[United States Department of Health and Human Services|Department of Health, Education, and Welfare]]; [[Public Health Service]]; [[National Institutes of Health]]; [[National Library of Medicine]] |isbn=978-0-8176-2673-0}}</ref> is a [[Higher education in the Philippines#State universities and colleges|state]] [[public university|public]] [[university system]] in the Philippines. It is the country's [[national university]], as mandated by Republic Act No. 9500 (UP Charter of 2008), which grants it institutional autonomy.<ref name="Charter">{{cite PH act |chamber=RA |number=9500 |title=The University of the Philippines Charter of 2008 |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2008/04/19/republic-act-no-9500/ |publisher=[[Official Gazette (Philippines)|Official Gazette]] |access-date=April 25, 2015 |date=April 29, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051353/http://up.edu.ph/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/RA_9500.pdf |archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=September 9, 2014 |title=Proposed Iskolar ng Bayan Act excludes UP |url=http://www.rappler.com/nation/68595-iskolar-ng-bayan-act-up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708002424/http://www.rappler.com/nation/68595-iskolar-ng-bayan-act-up |archive-date=July 8, 2015 |access-date=April 23, 2015 |work=[[Rappler]]}}</ref>

The University of the Philippines was established by the American colonial government on June 18, 1908, through the enactment of Act No. 1870 by the [[1st Philippine Legislature]]. It was envisioned as the country's premier institution of higher learning, with a mandate to provide "advanced instruction in literature, philosophy, the sciences, and the arts and to give professional and technical training," regardless of "age, sex, nationality, religious belief, or political affiliation."<ref name="Act1870">{{cite PH act |chamber=Act |number=1870 |title=An Act for the Purpose of Founding a University for the Philippine Islands, Giving It Corporate Existence, Providing for a Board of Regents, Defining the Board's Responsibilities and Duties, Providing Higher and Professional Instruction, and for Other Purposes |url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1908/06/18/act-no-1870 |publisher=[[Official Gazette (Philippines)|Official Gazette]] |date=June 18, 1908 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171129032119/http://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1908/06/18/act-no-1870/ |url-status=live |archive-date=November 29, 2017 |access-date=April 26, 2015}}</ref>

The university’s earliest academic units were established primarily in [[Manila]], which served as its main campus, and in [[Los Baños, Laguna|Los Baños]] as its agricultural campus.<ref name="jamias-1962a">{{cite book |last=Jamias |first=Cristino |title=The University of the Philippines: The First Half Century |publisher=University of the Philippines |year=1962 |location=Quezon City, Philippines |publication-date=November 15, 1962 |pages=43}}</ref> In 1949, the university expanded to Quezon City, where [[University of the Philippines Diliman|UP Diliman]] was established as the system's administrative seat.<ref name="universityofthephilippinespress-1985" /> In 1972, the institution was formally reorganized into a system through Presidential Decree No. 58, transitioning it from a single university into a multi-campus network of autonomous constituent universities.<ref name="universityofthephilippinespress-1985" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" /> [[University of the Philippines Los Baños|UP Los Baños]] was the first to be granted autonomy.<ref name=":4" /> The Health Sciences Center followed in 1977 to lead health sciences education, later becoming [[University of the Philippines Manila|UP Manila]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-07 |title=The Health Sciences Center gains autonomy - University of the Philippines |url=https://up.edu.ph/cool_timeline/the-health-sciences-center-gains-autonomy/ |access-date=2025-12-31 |website=up.edu.ph |language=en-US}}</ref> In 1979, [[University of the Philippines Visayas|UP Visayas]] was established to specialize in fisheries and marine sciences.<ref name=":5" /> Subsequent constituent universities were established to expand the university's presence and provide specialized academic leadership across different regions of the Philippines.

Today, the university consists of eight autonomous constituent universities (CUs) and one autonomous college: [[University of the Philippines Diliman|UP Diliman]]; [[University of the Philippines Los Baños|UP Los Baños]]; [[University of the Philippines Manila|UP Manila]]; [[University of the Philippines Visayas|UP Visayas]]; [[University of the Philippines Open University|UP Open University]]; [[University of the Philippines Mindanao|UP Mindanao]]; [[University of the Philippines Baguio|UP Baguio]]; [[University of the Philippines Cebu|UP Cebu]]; and [[University of the Philippines Tacloban|UP Tacloban]], which are distributed across 17 campuses nationwide.<ref>{{cite web |date=April 2, 2017 |title=About UP |url=https://up.edu.ph/about-up/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019060132/https://up.edu.ph/about-up/ |archive-date=October 19, 2021 |access-date=October 19, 2021 |website=University of the Philippines}}</ref> The system-wide administration is headquartered at UP Diliman. While individual campuses initially developed with academic specializations and roles, many expanded over time into more comprehensive, multidisciplinary universities.

==History==
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[[File:UP Baguio Field.png|thumb|right|[[University of the Philippines Baguio|UP Baguio]]]]
[[File:U.P. Cebu Administration Building, Jan 2024.jpg|thumb|[[University of the Philippines Cebu|UP Cebu]]]]
[[File:UP Diliman Quezon Hall.jpg|thumb|right|[[University of the Philippines Diliman|UP Diliman]]]]
[[File:University of the Philippines at Los Banos-Gate.jpg|thumb|right|[[University of the Philippines Los Baños|UP Los Baños]]]]
[[File:Philippine General Hospital (Taft Avenue, Manila; 01-01-2020).jpg|thumb|right|[[University of the Philippines Manila|UP Manila]]]]
[[File:University of the Philippines Mindanao, Administration Building and Oblation Circle.jpg|thumbnail|right|[[University of the Philippines Mindanao|UP Mindanao]] in Davao City]]
[[File:UPV Iloilo City & Oblation, Aug 2024.jpg|thumb|[[University of the Philippines Visayas|UP Visayas]] in Iloilo City]]<!-- Per Act No. 1870, the UP was never established as the "American University of the Philippines. Section 1 of the Law explicitly states that the University shall be designated as the "University of the Philippines"-->

=== Origins and Early History (1900s–1920s) ===
In the late 19th century, many Filipinos pursued higher education in Spain and other European universities, highlighting the absence of a comparable institution in the Philippines that could provide advanced instruction across various fields.<ref name="jamias-1962b">{{Cite book |last=Jamias |first=Cristino |title=The University of the Philippines: The First Half Century |publisher=University of the Philippines |date=15 November 1962 |location=Quezon City, Philippines}}</ref> To address this need, the University of the Philippines was established on June 18, 1908, through . [https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/28/13589 Act No. 1870] of the First Philippine Legislature, otherwise known as the "University Act". The law specified the function of the university, which is to provide advanced instruction in literature, philosophy, the sciences and arts, and to administer professional and technical training.<ref name="UniversityAct">{{cite PH act|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/downloads/1908/06jun/19080618-ACT-01870-GOVERNOR-GENERAL.pdf|chamber=Act|number=1870|title=An Act for the Purpose of Founding a University for the Philippine Islands, Giving It Corporate Existence, Providing for a Board of Regents, Defining the Board's Responsibilities and Duties, Providing Higher and Professional Instruction, and for Other Purposes|date=1908-06-18|publisher=[[Official Gazette (Philippines)|The Official Gazette]]|accessdate=2010-08-21}}</ref> Judge [[Newton W. Gilbert]] acted as president of the university since its establishment in 1908.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vZqYwtyPIoEC&dq=Newton+w.+gilbert+philippines&pg=RA1-PA16 |title=Philippine Agriculturist and Forester |date=1911 |publisher=College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines. |language=en}}</ref>

The university began with the organization of its first academic units. The earliest established in 1909 were the [[University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Agriculture and Food Science|College of Agriculture]] and the School of Fine Arts.<ref name="jamias-1962b" /> These were soon followed in 1910 by the Colleges of Veterinary Medicine, Liberal Arts, Engineering, and [[University of the Philippines College of Medicine|Medicine and Surgery]]. The College of Law, founded in 1911, was the last of UP’s founding academic units.<ref name="jamias-1962b" /> Although the College of Medicine and Surgery officially became part of UP in 1910, it had already opened for instruction in 1907. This was in accordance with the University Act of 1908, which provided that the [[Philippine Medical School]] would be incorporated into UP as the College of Medicine and Surgery once two or more colleges had been established.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jamias |first=Cristino |title=The University of the Philippines: The First Half Century |publisher=University of the Philippines |year=1962 |location=Quezon City, Philippines |publication-date=15 November 1962 |pages=10–38}}</ref>

The academic units were initially spread across various locations, with most situated in Manila as it served as the main campus. The College of Agriculture was established in [[Los Baños, Laguna|Los Baños]], at the foot of [[Mount Makiling]], while the School of Fine Arts opened in a private property on R. Hidalgo Street in [[Quiapo, Manila]].<ref name="jamias-1962a" /> The remaining units were also based in Manila: the College of Medicine and Surgery on Herran Street (now [[Pedro Gil Street]]), the College of Veterinary Medicine in Pandacan, the College of Liberal Arts held classes on several locations including the Philippine Normal School, the College of Engineering on the site that later formed part of the [[Padre Faura Street|Padre Faura]] campus, and the College of Law in a private property on Isaac Peral Street (now [[United Nations Avenue]]). The School of Forestry was likewise established in 1910 in Los Baños. At the time, UP President Murray Bartlett declared that as a “University for the Filipino,” the institution must be “supported by the people’s money,” guided by a charter framed by the people’s representatives, and sustained by “the confidence and sympathy of the people.”<ref name="jamias-1962a" /><ref name="universityofthephilippinespress-1985" />

=== Expansion to Diliman (1930s–1940s) ===
Plans to transfer academic units from the Manila campus to a new site were formally raised in 1937 to accommodate the university’s growing needs, with President [[Manuel L. Quezon]] initiating the idea. Among the proposals considered was the relocation of certain Manila units to the Los Baños campus, though this was deliberated among university officials.<ref name="universityofthephilippinespress-1985">{{Cite book |title=University of the Philippines: The First 75 Years (1908-1983) |publisher=University of the Philippines Press |year=1985 |isbn=9711050188 |editor-last=Alfonso |editor-first=Oscar M. |publication-date=1985}}</ref> By 1938, a property in Marikina (now part of Quezon City) owned by the Philippine National Bank emerged as a leading option.<ref name="universityofthephilippinespress-1985" /> Eventually, the Board of Regents approved the establishment of a new campus in Diliman, Quezon City, where the university acquired a 493-hectare lot. Construction of the Diliman campus began in 1939 but was interrupted by the outbreak of World War II.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021 |title=UP Diliman History |url=https://upd.edu.ph/history2/}}</ref>

During [[World War II]], most of its colleges had to be closed except the Colleges of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Engineering. Meanwhile, the [[Japanese Imperial Army]] occupied three Diliman campus buildings: the College of Liberal Arts Building (now Benitez Hall) and the Colleges of Law (now Malcolm Hall) and Business Administration Building. The Japanese also occupied the campus of the College of Agriculture in Los Baños.<ref>{{cite web |title=UPLB History |url=http://old.uplb.edu.ph/about/uplb-history |publisher=University of the Philippines Los Baños |access-date=December 21, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720100734/http://www.old.uplb.edu.ph/about/uplb-history |archive-date=July 20, 2009 }}</ref> UP President Bienvenido Ma. Gonzalez sought a grant of ₱ 13 million from the US-Philippines War Damage Commission. A massive rehabilitation and construction effort was executed during the post-war years. For the first time, an extensive Diliman campus master plan and map were created in 1949. More buildings were built across the Diliman campus landscape: the University Library (Gonzalez Hall),<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.mainlib.upd.edu.ph/ | title=University Library, University of the Philippines Diliman | access-date=May 8, 2007 | archive-date=January 18, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118182931/http://www.mainlib.upd.edu.ph/ | url-status=live }}</ref> the [[UP College of Engineering|College of Engineering]] (Melchor Hall), the Women's Residence Hall (now Kamia Residence Hall), the [[UP College of Music|Conservatory of Music]] (Abelardo Hall and now the College of Music), the Administration Building (Quezon Hall), and the UP President's Residence. Most colleges and administration offices were temporarily housed in huts and shelters made of sawali and galvanized iron.

The transfer of the University to its new campus in Diliman took place between December 16, 1948, and January 11, 1949, as scheduled, with classes resuming at the new site on January 12, 1949. During the quadragesimal anniversary celebration on February 11, 1949, the “Oblation” statue—the last movable property from the Manila campus—was formally relocated to Diliman. The transfer was marked by a motorcade of alumni and students.<ref name="theuniversitylibrary,universityofthephilippinesdiliman-2025" />

=== Democratization and the Rise of Autonomous Units (1950s–1970s) ===
When UP President [[Salvador P. Lopez]] assumed office in 1969, he faced widespread social unrest and political instability in the Philippines, as well as internal turmoil within the University.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Cruz-Lucero |first=Rosario |title=A History of the University of the Philippines |last2=Pison |first2=Ruth Jordana Luna |last3=Aguilar |first3=Mila |last4=Dacanay |first4=Alexander |publisher=University of the Philippines Press |year=2021 |isbn=9789715429627 |volume=2 (1943-1975)}}</ref> The [[New People's Army|New People’s Army]] was gaining ground, and labor strikes and student protests—fueled by rising oil prices and contentious government policies—became increasingly common among UP constituents. In 1972, [[Ferdinand Marcos|President Marcos]] declared [[Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos|Martial Law]], further intensifying the political climate.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Bernardo |first=Fernando |title=Centennial Panorama: Pictorial History of UPLB |publisher=UPLB Alumni Association, Inc. |year=2007 |location=College, Laguna, Philippines}}</ref>

Amid these tensions, a movement advocating for the autonomy of the [[University of the Philippines Los Baños|Los Baños campus]] emerged, calling for its establishment as an independent agricultural university. Supporters cited perceived injustices from the [[University of the Philippines Diliman|Diliman]] administration, including the rejection of academic proposals that hindered college growth, as well as administrative and fiscal issues.<ref name=":1" /> Lopez opposed full separation, arguing that it would diminish the academic prestige of both UP as a whole and the Los Baños campus. Additionally, critics of the secession proposal pointed to the recommendation of the Presidential Commission to Survey Philippine Education (PCSPE), which endorsed UP as the national university. Removing the functions of the Los Baños campus, they argued, would undermine this role.<ref name="universityofthephilippinespress-1985" /><ref name=":0" />

Lopez then advocated for democratization within the University and thus, the creation of the UP System with Los Baños as one of its autonomous universities.<ref name="universityofthephilippinespress-1985" /> On November 20, 1972, Presidential Decree No. 58 established [[University of the Philippines Los Baños|University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB)]] as the first autonomous constituent university of UP, granting it substantial administrative and fiscal autonomy.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=P.D. No. 58 1972 |url=https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1972/pd_58_1972.html |access-date=2025-08-23 |website=lawphil.net}}</ref> This marked the beginning of a multi-campus UP System envisioned to strengthen the University through a network of academic centers across the country.

On October 28, 1977, autonomy was likewise granted to the Health Sciences Center in Manila, which brought together UP’s health-related academic units and the [[Philippine General Hospital]] under a unified organizational framework.<ref name="theuniversitylibrary,universityofthephilippinesdiliman-2025">{{Cite web |date=2025-06-16 |title=UP Naming Mahal: The Genesis of 9 UP Campuses |url=https://mainlib.upd.edu.ph/up-naming-mahal-the-genesis-of-9-up-campuses/ |access-date=2025-08-25 |website=The University Library, University of the Philippines Diliman |language=en-US}}</ref> This was followed on May 31, 1979, by the establishment of the [[University of the Philippines Visayas|University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV)]] as an autonomous university, with its main campus in Miagao, Iloilo, and the College of Fisheries as its flagship unit.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Llaneta |first=Celeste Ann Castillo |date=2017-12-14 |title=History, Sports, and Arts in UP Visayas - University of the Philippines |url=https://up.edu.ph/history-sports-and-arts-in-up-visayas/ |access-date=2025-08-23 |website=up.edu.ph |language=en-US}}</ref> 

The presidency of [[Carlos P. Romulo]] (1962–1968) saw the establishment of several Diliman units, including the Population Institute, Law Center, and Applied Geodesy and Photogrammetry Training Center (1964); the Institute of Mass Communication, College of Business Administration, and Institute of Planning (1965); the Computer Center and Institute for Small-Scale Industries (1966); the Institute of Social Work and Community Development (1967); and the Asian Center (1968).

In Los Baños, the 1960s saw the establishment of international linkages, particularly through collaborations with the [[International Rice Research Institute|International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)]], founded in 1960, and the [[Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture|Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA)]], founded in 1966.<ref name="theworldbankimpactevaluationreport">{{Cite web |title=The World Bank Impact Evaluation Report, Philippines: First Education Report |url=https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/367521468914165017/pdf/Philippines-First-Education-Project.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Brief History - SEARCA |url=https://www.searca.org/history |access-date=2025-09-28 |website=www.searca.org}}</ref> The campus also expanded its research and extension functions with the establishment of specialized units including the Dairy Training and Research Institute (1962), [[University of the Philippines Los Baños Institute of Plant Breeding|Institute of Plant Breeding]] (1975), National Crop Protection Center (1976), Post-Harvest Horticulture and Training Center (1977), and the National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (1979). Several colleges and institutes were also established following the autonomy in 1972.<ref name="theworldbankimpactevaluationreport" />

=== Institutional Development and Reforms (1980s) ===
On October 22, 1982, the Health Sciences Center of the Manila campus was renamed [[University of the Philippines Manila]] as other autonomous units are identified by their geographical locations.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Institute |first=Resilience |date=2021-09-15 |title=RESILIENT CAMPUS PLAN – UP MANILA (MAIN CAMPUS) |url=https://resilience.up.edu.ph/resilient-campus-plan-up-manila-main-campus/ |access-date=2025-08-23 |language=en-US}}</ref> On April 26, 1982, UP Diliman was formally designated as a constituent university, almost a decade after the reorganization of UP Although Diliman was the seat of the UP Administration, the campus was not immediately constituted after 1972. It was administered, along with the [[Manila]] unit, prior to the organization of the Health Sciences Center, as a ''de facto'' university.

On March 23, 1983, Executive Order No. 889 established a system of National Centers of Excellence in the Basic Sciences within UP. The mandate authorized the Board of Regents to formally organize these centers by elevating existing academic units and programs to bolster the country's scientific manpower. Under this system, the National Institute of Physics (NIP), the National Institute of Geological Sciences (NIGS), and the Natural Sciences Research Institute (NSRI) were designated as national centers in UP Diliman. Concurrently, the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Institute of Chemistry (IC), and the Institute of Biological Sciences (IBS) were established as national centers in UP Los Baños. This reorganization provided these units with specialized funding and administrative flexibility to lead national research and development efforts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Executive Order No. 889 |url=https://lawphil.net/executive/execord/eo1983/eo_889_1983.html |access-date=2025-12-25 |website=lawphil.net}}</ref>

UP President [[José Abueva]] introduced the Socialized Tuition Fee Assistance Program (STFAP) in 1987. Abueva also institutionalized a Filipino language policy within the university. He signed a landmark agreement with then-Defense Secretary Fidel V. Ramos. Known as the UP-DND Accord, it restricted the entry of military and police forces into UP campuses without prior notification to the university administration.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=CMFR |date=2021-08-31 |title=Jose Veloso Abueva, 93 |url=https://cmfr-phil.org/chronicle/obit/jose-veloso-abueva-93/ |access-date=2025-12-31 |website=CMFR |language=en}}</ref>

=== Expansion of the UP System (1990s) ===
[[Emil Q. Javier]], an agricultural scientist and former chancellor of UP Los Baños, served as president of the UP System from 1993 to 1999. During his term, initiatives in distance education were pursued, which later contributed to the establishment of the [[University of the Philippines Open University|UP Open University]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-05-26 |title=Emil Q. Javier: A Legacy in Agricultural Science and Leadership |url=https://kahimyang.com/articles/3173/today-in-filipino-history-september-11-1940-emil-q-javier-was-born-in-santa-cruz-laguna |access-date=2025-12-31 |website=The Kahimyang Project |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=MALACAÑANG CONFERS THE ORDER OF NATIONAL SCIENTIST ON DR. EMIL Q. JAVIER |url=https://nast.dost.gov.ph/index.php/13-news-press-releases/475-malacanang-confers-the-order-of-national-scientist-on-dr-emil-q-javier |access-date=2025-12-31 |website=nast.dost.gov.ph}}</ref> His administration also oversaw the expansion and strengthening of the UP System through the establishment of [[University of the Philippines Mindanao|UP Mindanao]], the National Institutes of Biotechnology across major UP constituents, the [[National Institutes of Health (Philippines)|National Institutes of Health]] in [[University of the Philippines Manila|UP Manila]], and the creation of ''Ugnayan ng Pahinungod'', the university’s volunteer service program.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-11 |title=Dr. Emil Q. Javier: A pioneer in plant breeding and genetics - FlipScience |url=https://www.flipscience.ph/features/national-scientist-emil-q-javier/ |access-date=2025-12-31 |website=FlipScience - Top Philippine science news and features for the inquisitive Filipino. |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3" />

[[University of the Philippines Mindanao|UP Mindanao]] was established in [[Davao City]] on February 20, 1995, through Republic Act 7889, following advocacy from alumni and local lawmakers.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Republic Act No. 7889 |url=https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1995/ra_7889_1995.html |access-date=2025-12-31 |website=lawphil.net}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=About Our University – University of the Philippines – Mindanao |url=https://www.upmin.edu.ph/about-up-system/ |access-date=2025-12-31 |language=en-US}}</ref> Its mandate emphasizes science, technology, and agricultural education.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7" /> The law also directs the university to implement affirmative action and scholarship programs for Muslim students and cultural communities, while collaborating with other state institutions to support regional development. Since opening in 1996, the university has produced graduates through its College of Humanities and Social Sciences, College of Science and Mathematics, and School of Management.<ref name=":7" />

=== The UP Charter and Centennial (2000s) ===
[[Francisco Nemenzo]], a political scientist at UP Diliman and former chancellor of UP Visayas, served as the 18th president of the university from 1999 to 2005. His administration introduced the Revitalized General Education Program (RGEP) and institutionalized expanded incentives for faculty research and creative work.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dabu |first=Fred |date=2024-12-19 |title=A legacy of ideals and conviction: Dr. Francisco “Dodong” Nemenzo, 18th UP President, 89 - University of the Philippines |url=https://up.edu.ph/a-legacy-of-ideals-and-conviction-dr-francisco-dodong-nemenzo-18th-up-president-89/ |access-date=2025-12-31 |website=up.edu.ph |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2005, [[Emerlinda R. Roman]], a professor of business administration and former chancellor of UP Diliman, became the first woman to lead the university system.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UP Virata School of Business - Emerlinda Roman |url=https://www.vsb.upd.edu.ph/faculty/emerlinda-roman |access-date=2025-12-31 |website=www.vsb.upd.edu.ph |language=en-US}}</ref> Her presidency coincided with the 2008 UP Centennial, during which she led a campaign to fund the modernization of university services and facilities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PXP Energy Corporation |url=https://www.pxpenergy.com.ph/home/our-company/bod/ermelinda-roman/ |access-date=2025-12-31 |website=www.pxpenergy.com.ph}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Magazine |first=Amazons Watch |date=2016-11-11 |title=Creating Academic Footprints for Women in Philippines- Dr. Emerlinda R. Roman |url=https://www.amazonswatchmagazine.com/arts-academia/creating-academic-footprints-for-women-in-philippines-dr-emerlinda-r-roman/ |access-date=2025-12-31 |website=Amazons Watch Magazine |language=en}}</ref> This period was also marked by the appointment of several faculty members from the College of Business Administration to administrative leadership positions, including roles in the UP System Budget Office, the UP Provident Fund, and the UP Foundation. A significant milestone of her term was the passage of the UP Charter of 2008 (Republic Act 9500), which formally designated the institution as the national university.<ref>{{Cite web |title=R.A. 9500 |url=https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2008/ra_9500_2008.html |access-date=2025-12-31 |website=lawphil.net}}</ref><ref name=":8" />

==== Centennial celebration ====
[[File:Cardema.Roman.Neri.UP.jpg|thumb|right|Former [[Commission on Higher Education (Philippines)|Commission on Higher Education]] chair [[Romulo Neri]] ''(right)'' assist former UP President [[Emerlinda R. Roman]] as she descends from the staircase that led to the lighting of the Centennial Flame during the kickoff of the centennial celebration in Diliman.]]
On January 8, 2008, the University of the Philippines began its centennial celebration. The opening ceremony featured a 100-torch relay<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080106-110642/UP_passes_torch_100-yr-old_to_6th_grader |title=Inquirer.net, UP passes torch: 100-yr-old to 6th grader |publisher=Newsinfo.inquirer.net |access-date=October 16, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307171230/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080106-110642/UP_passes_torch_100-yr-old_to_6th_grader |archive-date=March 7, 2012 }}</ref> to light the [[eternal flame]] on the Centennial Cauldron at Quezon Hall. Torches were carried by, among others, Fernando Javier, 100, of [[Baguio]], the oldest UP [[alumnus]] ([[Civil Engineering]] from [[University of the Philippines Manila]], 1933), Michael Dumlao, a 6th-grader from the [[University of the Philippines Integrated School]] in [[U.P. Diliman|UP Diliman]] and UP President [[Emerlinda Roman]], the first woman president of the university.<ref>[https://archive.today/20070709212017/http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=104862 ABS-CBN Interactive, UP alumnus, 100, lights Centennial Cauldron]</ref> The Centennial Cauldron features three pillars to represent the three core values, and seven flowers representing the seven constituent universities, i.e. UP Manila, UP Diliman (together with UP Pampanga, its extension campus), UP Los Baños, UP Baguio, UP Visayas, UP Mindanao, and UP Open University.<ref>[http://www.mb.com.ph/YTCP20080109113844.html www.mb.com.ph, UP alumni light perpetual flame at centennial rites] {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

The [[Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas]] (BSP) and UP issued commemorative [[Philippine one hundred peso bill|₱ 100]] UP Centennial notes at the BSP Security Plant Complex in Quezon City. The notes appear as four-outs (four uncut pieces) in a folder featuring the signatures of all UP presidents including Roman.<ref>{{cite web |author=Doris Dumlao |url=http://www.inquirer.net/specialfeatures/education/view.php?db=1&article=20080620-143893 |title=Inquirer.net, UP centennial P100 notes launched |publisher=Inquirer.net |date=June 20, 2008 |access-date=October 16, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311103146/http://www.inquirer.net/specialfeatures/education/view.php?db=1&article=20080620-143893 |archive-date=March 11, 2012 }}</ref>

Inspired by the [[U.P. Oblation|UP Oblation]], the University of the Philippines Alumni Association (UPAA) launched an art exhibit, "100 Nudes/100 Years" featuring the works of nine UP alumni national artists.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20080621-144031/Exhibit-showcases-UPs-best-artists-in-last-100-years |title=newsinfo.inquirer.net, 100 NUDES/100 YEARS, Exhibit showcases UP's best artists in last 100 years |publisher=Newsinfo.inquirer.net |date=June 21, 2008 |access-date=October 16, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609211333/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view/20080621-144031/Exhibit-showcases-UPs-best-artists-in-last-100-years |archive-date=June 9, 2012 }}</ref>

==== UPAA 2008 centennial yearbook ====
The University of the Philippines Alumni Association announced its launch of a three-volume UPA.A. 2008 Centennial Yearbook on June 21, 2008, at the U.P.A.A. Grand Alumni-Faculty Homecoming and Reunion at the [[Araneta Coliseum]], [[Quezon City#Cubao|Cubao]], Quezon City. The theme is “U.P. Alumni: Excellence, Leadership and Service in the Next 100 Years," with the three cover designs showing the works of National Artists [[Napoleon Abueva]], [[Abdulmari Asia Imao]], and [[Benedicto Cabrera]], respectively. Chief Justice [[Reynato Puno]] is the Yearbook's most distinguished alumnus awardee (among 46 other awardees).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20080615-142820/UP-to-launch-Centennial-Yearbook-at-June-21-homecoming |title=newsinfo.inquirer.net, UP to launch Centennial Yearbook at June 21 homecoming |publisher=Newsinfo.inquirer.net |access-date=October 16, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516115650/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20080615-142820/UP-to-launch-Centennial-Yearbook-at-June-21-homecoming |archive-date=May 16, 2012 }}</ref>

==== UP Charter of 2008 ====
The UP Charter of 2008, Republic Act No. 9500, was signed by President [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]] into law on April 29, 2008, at the UP Library Conference Hall in Lahug, [[Cebu]]. It aims "to provide both institutional and fiscal autonomy to UP, specifically, to protect student's democratic access and strengthen administration through the recognition of UP System's Board of Regents and UP Council."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p080507.htm&no=53 |title=www.pia.gov.ph, New charter reinforces UP's institutional, fiscal grip |work=Pia.gov.ph |date=September 19, 2012 |access-date=October 16, 2012 |archive-date=September 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928013112/http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&fi=p080507.htm&no=53 |url-status=live }}</ref> The new charter declared UP as the Philippines' national university, giving it "the enhanced capability to fulfill its mission and spread the benefits of knowledge."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gmanews.tv/story/92226/Arroyo-signs-UP-Charter-of-2008-into-law |title=gmanews.tv, Arroyo signs UP Charter of 2008 into law |publisher=Gmanews.tv |date=April 29, 2008 |access-date=October 16, 2012 |archive-date=May 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522045645/http://www.gmanews.tv/story/92226/Arroyo-signs-UP-Charter-of-2008-into-law |url-status=live }}</ref> The new charter will help improve its competitiveness. The newly designated “national university" however, needs ₱ 3.6 billion to be on a par with other universities in the region.<ref>[http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=122157 abs-cbnnews.com, New charter to improve UP's competitiveness but more funds needed] {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

===UP-Ayala Land TechnoHub===
{{main|U.P.–Ayala Land TechnoHub}}

The centennial ₱6 billion, {{convert|20|ha|acre|abbr=off}} UP-Ayala Land TechnoHub, a complex of low-rise buildings along Commonwealth Avenue, within the {{convert|37.5|ha|acre|abbr=off}} of the UP North Science and Technology Park, was constructed on February 16, 2006, and inaugurated on November 22, 2008. It was developed by [[Ayala Land]] into an information technology and IT-enabled services community to host business process outsourcing (BPO) and technology firms.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view/20081121-173590/Arroyo-wants-ICT-hub-in-every-province |title=Arroyo wants ICT hub in every province |publisher=Newsinfo.inquirer.net |date=November 21, 2008 |access-date=October 16, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013090953/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view/20081121-173590/Arroyo-wants-ICT-hub-in-every-province |archive-date=October 13, 2012 }}</ref><ref>[http://balita.ph/2008/11/21/pgma-inaugurates-up-ayala-techno-hub/ PGMA inaugurates UP-Ayala TechnoHub] {{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

===Enhanced motto===
On May 14, 2024, [[Angelo Jimenez]] proclaimed UP's new [[logo]] and “Honor, Excellence, Service” [[motto]].<ref name="The Philippine Star">{{cite news |last1=Acebuche |first1= Yoniel|title=UP president Angelo Jimenez unveils university's new motto: 'Honor. Excellence. Service'|url=https://philstarlife.com/news-and-views/306944-up-president-angelo-jimenez-new-motto|accessdate=May 15, 2024 |publisher= [[The Philippine Star]]|date=May 14, 2024}}</ref>

==Autonomous units==
At present, the University of the Philippines is composed of eight constituent universities (CU) and one autonomous unit located in 15 campuses around the country.<ref name=aboutUP>{{cite web|author1=Staff|title=About UP|url=http://www.up.edu.ph/about-up/|website=University of the Philippines|publisher=University of the Philippines system|access-date=April 25, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423150029/http://www.up.edu.ph/about-up/|archive-date=April 23, 2015}}</ref> UP Diliman houses the system-wide administrative headquarters. Each constituent university of UP is headed by a chancellor, who is elected on a three-year term by the Board of Regents. Unlike the president, who is elected on a single six-year term without re-election, the chancellor may be re-elected for another three-year term but it is upon the discretion of the members of the Board of Regents.

{{refbegin}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!University
!Chancellor
!Campus land area
(Hectares)
!Founded<ref>Founded as a unit of the University (Not as a full autonomous unit).</ref>
!Focus Areas<ref name="ref2">See pages of specific Constituent University for more information. Not officially cited by the University.</ref><br />(Non-exhaustive)
!CHED Centers of Excellence and Development<ref name="CHED1">{{cite web|author1=Staff|title=Statistics : CHED's Centers of Excellence/Development (COEs/CODs)|url=hhttps://upsbo.up.edu.ph/assets/files/pdf/UP_Statbook_2023-Final.pdf|publisher=[[UP System]]}}</ref>
!Description and remarks
|-
|[[University of the Philippines Baguio]]
|Prof. Joel M. Addawe
|6
|1961
|Social Sciences (Anthropology, Culture Studies, etc.); Arts and Communication; Business and Management; Biology; Mathematics
|Biology, Mathematics, Physics
|UP’s regional hub in the Cordillera, advancing science and cultural studies
|-
|[[University of the Philippines Cebu]]
|Atty. Leo B. Malagar
|12+ 
|1918 (Junior College of Liberal Arts); 1930 (Cebu Junior College, UP)
|Information Technology; Arts; Various Sciences including Mathematics and Statistics; Social Sciences (e.g., Political Science)
|Environmental Science, Information Technology
|UP’s creative and innovation hub in Central Philippines; Elevated from UP Visayas to an autonomous unit, and later to a constituent university.<ref name="up.edu.ph">[http://up.edu.ph/pdf/up_cebu.pdf ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101130054054/http://up.edu.ph/pdf/up_cebu.pdf |date=November 30, 2010 }}</ref>
|-
|[[University of the Philippines Diliman]]<ref name="ref2" />
|Atty. Edgardo Carlo Vistan II
|493<br />(Quezon City campus only)
|1909 (founding colleges); 1949 (Diliman campus)
|Arts and Humanities (e.g., Fine Arts, Music, Film, Media, etc.); Social Sciences (e.g., Law, Governance, Sports Science, Economics, etc.); Natural and Physical Sciences (e.g., Geology, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and related fields); Engineering; Business and Management
|Anthropology, Biology, Broadcasting, Cell and Molecular Biology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Communication, Electrical Engineering, English, Environmental Science, Foreign Language, Geodetic Engineering, Geology, History, Journalism, Library and Information Science, Literature, Marine Science, Mathematics, Metallurgical Engineering, Music, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Social Work, Statistics, Teacher Education
|UP's leading institution for liberal arts, scientific research, and nation-building; Houses the central administration of the UP system; represents UP in the [[University Athletics Association of the Philippines]]
|-
|[[University of the Philippines Los Baños]]
|Dr. Jose V. Camacho, Jr.
|15,205 (total); 5,445 (main campus); 9,760 (land grants)
|1909
|Agricultural and Food Sciences (including Biotechnology); Life and Natural Sciences (e.g., Forestry, Biology, Chemistry, Nutrition, Physics, and related fields); Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science; Engineering; Veterinary Medicine; Communication; Economics
|Agricultural Engineering, Agriculture, Biology, Chemical Engineering, Development Communication, Environmental Science, Forestry, Information Technology, Statistics, Veterinary Medicine
|UP's center of excellence for agricultural, natural, and applied sciences; Houses the [[International Rice Research Institute]]; designated as caretaker of [[Mount Makiling]]
|-
|[[University of the Philippines Manila]]
|Dr. Michael L. Tee
|14
|1907 (College of Medicine); 1908 (UP); 1909 (Manila campus)
|Health Sciences and Allied Medical Professions; Biomedical Sciences (Biochemistry, Biology)
|Medicine, Nursing
|The Philippines’ national center for health sciences and medical education; Operates the [[Philippine General Hospital]] and houses the National Institutes of Health
|-
|[[University of the Philippines Mindanao]]
|Prof. Lyre Anni Murao
|204
|1995
|Humanities and Social Sciences (e.g., Architecture, Sports Science, etc.); Agribusiness; Various Sciences including Data Science
|Biology
|UP's flagbearer in Mindanao, advancing the sciences, culture, and innovation; houses the CHED Zonal Research Center, DOST-SEI Regional Biotechnology Laboratory, and the Philippine Genome Center Mindanao 
|-
|[[University of the Philippines Visayas]]
|Dr. Clement Camposano
|1,500 <br /> Main Campus
|1947
|Fisheries and Ocean Sciences; Basic and Applied Sciences; Business and Management, Social Sciences, Humanities, and the Arts
|Fisheries
|UP's regional hub in the Visayas, pioneering in fisheries and regional development
|-
|[[University of the Philippines Open University]]
|Dr. Joane V. Serrano
|23 <br />(Headquartered in Los Baños, Laguna)
|1995
|Education, Information & Communication Studies, Management & Development Studies (offered in the distance education mode)
|
|UP’s leader in open and distance e-learning
|}

{{refend}}

=== Autonomous College ===
On April 27, 2023, during its 1380th meeting, the University of the Philippines' Board of Regents approved the proposal for autonomy for [[University of the Philippines Tacloban|UP Tacloban]]. This decision marked a significant shift in the college's status, transforming it from a satellite campus of [[University of the Philippines Visayas|UP Visayas]] into an autonomous unit under the Office of the UP President.

UP Tacloban was granted autonomy to boost its capacity to effectively fulfill its mandate in the [[Eastern Visayas]] Region. This shift to autonomy not only reinforces the college's role within the region but also serves as a foundation for its potential elevation to a full-fledged constituent university within the UP system, a transition expected to transpire within three to five years.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lontoc |first=Jo Florendo B. |date=2023-06-05 |title=UP Tacloban elevated to autonomous college in time for its 50th foundation anniversary |url=https://up.edu.ph/up-tacloban-elevated-to-autonomous-college-in-time-for-its-50th-foundation-anniversary/ |access-date=2023-07-02 |website=University of the Philippines |language=en-US}}</ref> 
{{refbegin}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!College
!Dean
!Campus land area
(Hectares)
!Founded
!Focus Areas (Non-exhaustive)
!National Centers of Excellence and Development
!Declared as Autonomous Unit
|-
|[[University of the Philippines Tacloban]]
|Dr. Patricia Arinto
|
|1973
| Humanities, Management, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences & Mathematics
|
| April 27, 2023
|}

{{refend}}

===Satellite campuses===
The satellite campuses do not have autonomous status. They are considered extension colleges of their parent unit. Some campuses host different programs from various colleges within the parent unit.

====UP Diliman====
*UPD Bonifacio Global City Professional Schools (Taguig City, Metro Manila)
*UPD Extension Program in Olongapo (Olongapo City, Zambales)
*UPD Extension Program in Pampanga (Clark Freeport Zone, Mabalacat, Pampanga)
*UP Dasmarinas Technology Innovation Campus (Dasmariñas, Cavite), [[groundbreaking]]).<ref>{{cite news |last1= Servallos|first1=Neil Jayson  |title=UP breaks ground for Cavite campus|url=https://www.philstar.com/nation/2024/09/19/2386254/breaks-ground-cavite-campus |accessdate=September 23, 2024 |work= [[The Philippine Star]]|date=September 19, 2024}}</ref>

====UP Los Baños====
*UPLB Professional School for Agriculture and the Environment (Panabo City, Davao del Norte)

====UP Manila====
*UPM School of Health Sciences in Baler (Baler, Aurora)
*UPM School of Health Sciences in Koronadal (Koronadal City, South Cotabato)
*UPM School of Health Sciences in Palo (Palo, Leyte)
*UPM School of Health Sciences in Tarlac (Tarlac City, Tarlac)

==== UP Cebu ====

* UPC Professional Schools (Cebu City, Cebu)

====UP Visayas====
*UPV Iloilo City Campus (Iloilo City)
*UPV Antique Extension (Pandan, Antique)

====UP Open University====
*Seven (7) learning centers across the country

===Basic education===
*University of the Philippines High School Cebu in UP Cebu
* [[University of the Philippines High School in Iloilo|University of the Philippines High School Iloilo]] in UP Visayas
*[[University of the Philippines Integrated School]] in UP Diliman
*[[University of the Philippines Rural High School]] in UP Los Baños

==Organization==
{| style="float:center; margin:1em; width:20em; border:1px solid #a0a0a0; padding:2px; bg-color=yellow; text-align:center;"
|- style="background:#7B1113; text-align:center"
|<span style="color:white;">'''Presidents of the <br />University of the Philippines'''</span>
|- style="text-align:left; font-size:x-small;"
|'''Murray S. Bartlett, 1911-1915'''
|- style="text-align:left; font-size:x-small;"
|'''[[Ignacio Villamor|Ignacio B. Villamor]], 1915-1921'''
|- style="text-align:left; font-size:x-small;"
|'''[[Guy Potter Benton|Guy Potter Wharton Benton]], 1921-1925'''
|- style="text-align:left; font-size:x-small;"
|'''[[Rafael Palma|Rafael V. Palma]], 1925-1933'''
|- style="text-align:left; font-size:x-small;"
|'''Jorge Bocobo, 1934-1939'''
|- style="text-align:left; font-size:x-small;"
|'''Bienvenido Ma. González, 1939–1943, 1945-1951'''
|- style="text-align:left; font-size:x-small;"
|'''Antonio Sison, 1943-1945'''
|- style="text-align:left; font-size:x-small;"
|'''Vidal A. Tan, 1951-1956'''
|- style="text-align:left; font-size:x-small;"
|'''Enrique Virata, 1956-1958'''
|- style="text-align:left; font-size:x-small;"
|'''Vicente G. Sinco, 1958-1962'''
|- style="text-align:left; font-size:x-small;"
|'''[[Carlos P. Romulo]], 1962-1968'''
|- style="text-align:left; font-size:x-small;"
|'''[[Salvador P. Lopez]], 1969-1975'''
|- style="text-align:left; font-size:x-small;"
|'''[[Onofre Corpuz|Onofre D. Corpuz]], 1975-1979'''
|- style="text-align:left; font-size:x-small;"
|'''[[Emanuel V. Soriano]], 1979-1981'''
|- style="text-align:left; font-size:x-small;"
|'''[[Edgardo J. Angara]], 1981-1987'''
|- style="text-align:left; font-size:x-small;"
|'''[[José Abueva]], 1987-1993'''
|- style="text-align:left; font-size:x-small;"
|'''[[Emil Q. Javier]], 1993-1999'''
|- style="text-align:left; font-size:x-small;"
|'''[[Francisco Nemenzo, Jr.]], 1999-2005'''
|- style="text-align:left; font-size:x-small;"
|'''[[Emerlinda R. Roman]], 2005–2011'''
|- style="text-align:left; font-size:x-small;"
|'''[[Alfredo E. Pascual]], 2011–2017'''
|- style="text-align:left; font-size:x-small;"
|'''[[Danilo Concepcion]], 2017–2023'''
|- style="text-align:left; font-size:x-small;"
|'''[[Angelo Jimenez]], 2023–present'''
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===Presidents of the University of the Philippines===
{{main|President of the University of the Philippines}}

The President of the University of the Philippines is elected for a single six-year term by the university's eleven-member Board of Regents.<ref name="Charter" /> As of 2023, two Americans and 20 Filipinos served as Presidents of the University of the Philippines.

The current president of UP is lawyer and former regent [[Angelo Jimenez]]. He assumed office on February 10, 2023.

===Board of Regents===
The governance of the university is vested in the Board of Regents of the University of the Philippines System (or ''Lupon ng mga Rehente'' in [[Filipino language|Filipino]]) and is commonly abbreviated as BoR.<ref name="Charter" /> The board, with its 11 members, is the highest decision-making body in the UP system.

The Chairperson of the [[Commission on Higher Education (Philippines)|Commission on Higher Education]] (CHED) serves as the Board's Chairperson while the President of the University of the Philippines is the co-chairperson. The Chairpersons of the Committee on Higher, Technical and Vocational Education of the [[Senate of the Philippines|Senate]] and the Committee on Higher and Technical Education [[House of Representatives of the Philippines|House of Representatives]] are members of the Board of Regents which are concurrent with their functions as committee chairpersons.<ref name="Charter" />

UP students, represented by the General Assembly of Student Councils, nominate a Student Regent. While the Faculty Regent is likewise nominated by the faculty members of the whole University. Alumni are represented by the President of the UP Alumni Association. A Staff Regent, representing professional and administrative personnel, was included with the passage of the new UP Charter in 2008. The remaining members of the Board of Regents are nominated into the position by the [[President of the Philippines]].

As of 2025, the members of the Board of Regents of the University of the Philippines System are:<ref>{{cite web |date= April 4, 2017|title=The Board of Regents |url=https://up.edu.ph/the-board-of-regents/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250606045405/https://up.edu.ph/the-board-of-regents/ |archive-date=June 6, 2025 |access-date=June 6, 2025 |website=University of the Philippines}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
!
!Board member
!
|-
|Chairperson
|Hon. [[Shirley Agrupis|Shirley C. Agrupis]]
|[[Chairperson of the Commission on Higher Education]]
|-
|Co-chairperson
|Hon. [[Angelo Jimenez|Angelo A. Jimenez]]
|[[President of the University of the Philippines]]
|-
|Member
|Hon. [[Loren Legarda|Loren B. Legarda]]
|Chairperson, Senate Higher, Technical and Vocational Education Committee
|-
|Member
|Hon. [[Jude Acidre|Jude A. Acidre]]
|Chairperson, House Committee on Higher and Technical Education
|-
|Member
|Hon. Robert Lester F. Aranton
|Alumni Regent & President, UP Alumni Association
|-
|Member
|Hon. Early Sol A. Gadong
|Faculty Regent
|-
|Member
|Hon. Marie Theresa S. Alambra
|Staff Regent
|-
|Member
|Hon. Ron Dexter L. Clemente
|Student Regent
|-
|Member
|Hon. [[Alfredo Pascual|Alfredo E. Pascual]]
|Appointed Regent by President [[Bongbong Marcos]]
|-
|Member
|Hon. Gregorio B. Pastorfide
|Appointed Regent by President [[Rodrigo Duterte]]
|-
|Member
|Hon. Raul C. Pagdanganan
|Appointed Regent by President Rodrigo Duterte
|}

The Secretary of the University and of the Board of Regents is Atty. Roberto M.J. Lara.

==Academics==
[[File:Melchor Hall, U.P. Diliman, April 2023.jpg|thumb|left|Melchor Hall in UP Diliman]]
The University of the Philippines System offers 246 undergraduate degree programs and 362 graduate degree programs, more than any other university in the country.<ref name=Acadprog>{{cite web|author1=Staff|title=Academic Programs|url=http://www.up.edu.ph/admissions/academic-programs/|website=University of the Philippines|publisher=University of the Philippines system|access-date=April 26, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426090619/http://www.up.edu.ph/admissions/academic-programs/|archive-date=April 26, 2015}}</ref>
The campus in Diliman offers the largest number of degree programs, and other campuses are known to lead and specialize in specific programs.<ref name="UPCAT2">[http://upcat.up.edu.ph/htmls/aboutupcat.html ''UPCAT General Information''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110411050054/http://upcat.up.edu.ph/htmls/aboutupcat.html |date=April 11, 2011 }}, University of the Philippines College Admission Test Website. Accessed April 28, 2007.</ref> The university has 57 degree-granting units throughout the system, which may be a college, school or institute that offers an undergraduate or a graduate program. In the [[U.P. Los Baños|Los Baños]] campus, a separate Graduate School administers the graduate programs in agriculture, forestry, the basic sciences, mathematics and statistics, development economics and management, agrarian studies and human ecology.<ref name="Graduateschool">[http://www.uplb.edu.ph/gradschool ''The Graduate School''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070509122306/http://www.uplb.edu.ph/gradschool |date=May 9, 2007 }}, University of the Philippines Los Baños Website. Accessed May 6, 2007.</ref> The [https://web.archive.org/web/20111103010110/http://www.upm.edu.ph/cph/ College of Public Health] at the [[U.P. Manila|Manila]] campus has a collaboration with [[Boston University School of Public Health]]. This program allows students from [[Boston University]] to do a semester of coursework at [[U.P. Manila|UP Manila]] as well as an international field practicum in the Philippines. The university has 4,571 faculty, trained locally and abroad with 36% having graduate degrees.<ref name="UPStats1">[http://newsletter.up.edu.ph/previous/2004sep07.htm#setting ''Setting the record straight on UP employee benefits (SEPTEMBER 7, 2004)'']{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, UP Newsletter Online. Accessed May 29, 2009.</ref><ref name="Acad2">Leticia Peñano-Ho, [http://www.up.edu.ph/upforum.php?i=135 ''Who Should Tell Us Who We Are?''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702214633/http://www.up.edu.ph/upforum.php?i=135 |date=July 2, 2007 }}, University of the Philippines System Website. Accessed May 6, 2007.</ref> The university is one of the three universities in the Philippines affiliated with the [[ASEAN University Network]], and the only Philippine university to be affiliated with the ASEAN-European University Network and the [[Association of Pacific Rim Universities]].<ref name="Acad3">[http://www.uibk.ac.at/asea-uninet/members.html ''ASEA-UNINET Universities''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818104659/http://www.uibk.ac.at/asea-uninet/members.html |date=August 18, 2012 }}, ASEA-UNINET Website. Accessed May 7, 2007.</ref><ref name="Acad4">[http://www.apru.org/about/members.htm ''Member Universities''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070419033539/http://www.apru.org/about/members.htm |date=April 19, 2007 }}, Association of Pacific Rim Universities Website. Accessed May 7, 2007.</ref>

===Budget===
The university has the highest financial endowment of all educational institutions in the Philippines. In 2008, the entire UP System received a financial subsidy from the national government of ₱ 5.7 billion. The total expenditure for the same year, however, is ₱ 7.2 billion, or approximately ₱ 135,000 per student.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gmanews.tv/story/101294/RP-universities-get-low-rankings-La-Salle-UST-dropped-out-of-Top-500 |title=GMA NEWS.TV, RP universities get low rankings; La Salle, UST dropped out of Top 500 |publisher=Gmanews.tv |date=June 16, 2008 |access-date=October 16, 2012 |archive-date=May 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522055936/http://www.gmanews.tv/story/101294/RP-universities-get-low-rankings-La-Salle-UST-dropped-out-of-Top-500 |url-status=live }}</ref> State universities and colleges have continually experienced budget cuts over the years. In 2019, the university requested a ₱44.9 billion budget but only received ₱15.5 billion for its budget, with an additional ₱1.5 billion for operational and equipment expenses. The Philippine General Hospital, the most affected unit of the UP System, received an insufficient budget of P2.92 billion, with only P155 million out of the requested P1.6 billion allocated for infrastructure and capital outlays.<ref>{{cite news |title=Impending P697-M Loss for UP System as DBM Approves 2019 Budget - Budget cuts hint at dire consequences for health and education |publisher=The Manila Collegeian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Diaz |first1=Jess |title=SUCs, DepEd get additional funds in 2019 budget |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2019/04/07/1907957/sucs-deped-get-additional-funds-2019-budget |website=Philippine Star Online |publisher=Philippine Star |access-date=2 May 2019 |archive-date=May 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502161942/https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2019/04/07/1907957/sucs-deped-get-additional-funds-2019-budget |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Rankings and reputation===
{{Infobox university rankings
<!------------- World/Global rankings ------------>
| THE_W = 801–1000 | THE_W_year = 2023 | THE_W_ref = <ref name="THE_ranking">{{cite web |title=University of the Philippines World University Rankings |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/university-philippines |website=Times Higher Education (THE) |publisher=Times Higher Education |access-date=23 March 2023 }}</ref>
| THE_W_Reputation = | THE_W_Reputation_year = | THE_W_Reputation_ref = 
| QS_W = =362 | QS_W_year = 2026 | QS_W_ref = <ref name=":QSW2026">{{Cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/world-university-rankings|title=QS World University Rankings}}</ref>
| QS_W_Employability = 301-500 | QS_W_Employability_year = 2023 | QS_W_Employability_ref = <ref name="University of the Philippine">{{cite web |title=University of the Philippine |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-philippines |website=Top Universities |publisher=Quacquarelli Symonds |access-date=26 November 2020 |date=July 16, 2015 |archive-date=March 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190309174040/https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-philippines |url-status=live }}</ref>
<!---------------- Regional rankings --------------->
| THE_Asia = 129 | THE_Asia_year = 2023 | THE_Asia_ref = <ref name="THE_ranking"/>
| QS_Asia = 77 | QS_Asia_year = 2023 | QS_Asia_ref = <ref name="University of the Philippine"/>
<!---------------- Special rankings --------------->
| THE_Emerging = 131 | THE_Emerging_year = 2022 | THE_Emerging_ref = <ref>{{cite web |title=Emerging Economies University Rankings 2020 |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2020/emerging-economies-university-rankings |website=Times Higher Education (THE) |publisher=Times Higher Education |access-date=20 February 2020 |date=February 19, 2019 |archive-date=February 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220042605/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2020/emerging-economies-university-rankings |url-status=live }}</ref> 
<!---------------- National rankings --------------->
| QS_N = 1 | QS_N_year = 2023 | QS_N_ref = <ref name="University of the Philippine"/>
| THE_N = 2 | THE_N_year = 2023 | THE_N_ref = <ref name="THE_ranking"/>
}}

The UP, as a university system, has consistently been ranked the top university in the Philippines since its inclusion in several university rankings.

In 2020, UP was ranked 65th in the [[Times Higher Education World University Rankings|Times Higher Education (THE) Asia University Rankings]] and 69th in the [[QS Asia University Rankings]] for 2021, the highest ranked Philippine university.<ref name="topuniversities-2020">{{Cite web|date=2020-11-26|title=QS University Rankings: Asia 2021|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/asian-university-rankings/2021|access-date=2020-11-26|website=Top Universities|language=en|archive-date=October 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024084217/https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/asian-university-rankings/2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="timeshighereducation(the)-2020">{{Cite web|date=2020-05-28|title=Asia University Rankings|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2020/regional-ranking|access-date=2020-06-04|website=Times Higher Education (THE)|language=en|archive-date=June 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604055001/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2020/regional-ranking|url-status=live}}</ref> In the THE Asia rankings, UP is the fifth best university in Southeast Asia, after [[National University of Singapore]] (3rd), [[Nanyang Technological University]] (6th), [[University of Malaya]] (43rd) and [[Universiti Brunei Darussalam]] (60th).<ref name="timeshighereducation(the)-2020" /> On the other hand, the QS rankings put it as the 13th best university in Southeast Asia after two Singapore, five Malaysian, three Indonesian, and two Thai universities.<ref name="topuniversities-2020" /> In the [[Asiaweek]]'s Best Universities in Asia last published in 2000, UP ranked 48th.<ref name="THES2007">[http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/results/2007/overall_rankings/top_400_universities/ THES - QS World University Rankings 2007 - Top 400 Universities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080505054632/http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/results/2007/overall_rankings/top_400_universities|date=May 5, 2008}}, Top Universities. Accessed December 15, 2007.</ref><ref name="AsiaweekRank">[http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/features/universities2000/schools/multi.overall.html ''Overall Ranking Multi-Disciplinary Schools''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070523045517/http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/features/universities2000/schools/multi.overall.html|date=May 23, 2007}}, Asiaweek.com. Accessed May 7, 2007.</ref> In 2006, the university, through President [[Emerlinda R. Roman]], expressed that it did not want to participate in the THES Ranking, but was included in 2007, 2008, and 2009 with an incomplete academic profile.<ref name="Acad2" />

Moreover, UP ranks in numerous world subject rankings, most notably 51-100th place in Development Studies, 101-150th place in English Language and Literature, Geography, and Politics and International Studies, 151-200th place in Archaeology, Agriculture and Forestry, and Sociology in the [[QS World University Rankings|QS World University Rankings by Subject Area]].<ref>{{cite web |title=QS World University Rankings by Subject |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/subject-rankings/2019 |website=Top Universities |publisher=Quacquarelli Symonds |access-date=2 May 2019 |archive-date=December 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209103654/https://www.topuniversities.com/subject-rankings/2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> UP programs also place in [[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]]: 126-150th in Clinical, Pre-Clinical and Health subjects; 501-600 bracket for both Life Sciences and Social Sciences; in the 601+ bracket for Engineering and Technology, and Computer Science; and in the 801+ bracket in Physical Sciences.<ref>{{cite web |website=Times Higher Education |title=University of the Philippines World University Rankings |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/university-philippines |access-date=2 May 2019 |archive-date=July 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706034501/https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/university-philippines |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the national rankings based on cumulative data from 1991 to 2001 of average passing rates in all courses of all Philippine colleges and universities in the [[Professional Regulation Commission|licensure examinations]], [[U.P. Diliman|UP Diliman]], [[U.P. Los Baños|UP Los Baños]] and [[U.P. Manila|UP Manila]] emerged as numbers one, two and three respectively.<ref name="up_news">"[http://www.up.edu.ph/upnewsletter.php?issue=33&i=511 UP is no. 1 based on PRC exams] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207155621/http://www.up.edu.ph/upnewsletter.php?issue=33&i=511 |date=2012-02-07 }}". ''UP Newsletter, Vol. XXVIII, No. 09''. September 1, 2007.</ref> The study was done by the [[Professional Regulation Commission]] and the [[Commission on Higher Education (Philippines)|Commission on Higher Education]].

The 2024 [[Quacquarelli Symonds]] world university rankings published on April, 10 by subject included the University of the Philippines, [[De La Salle University]] and [[Ateneo de Manila University]] (of 1,559 institutions which featured 55 individual subjects). "Three Philippine universities placed in one out of four subject disciplines of the QS, while only UP ranked in 2 other subjects" QS stated.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Laqui |first1= Ian |title=3 Philippine universities in QS World University Rankings by subject|url= https://qa.philstar.com/headlines/2024/04/11/2346943/3-philippine-universities-qs-world-university-rankings-subject|accessdate=April 11, 2024 |publisher=[[The Philippine Star]] |date=April 11, 2024}}</ref>

===General education program===
The General Education Program was introduced in 1959 and formed core courses prescribed for all students at the undergraduate level. The General Education Program is the Revitalized General Education Program (abbreviated as RGEP), which was approved by the Board of Regents in 2001. The RGEP offers courses in three domains (Arts and Humanities; Mathematics, Science, and Technology; and Social Sciences and Philosophy) and gives students the freedom to choose the general education courses in these domains that they would like to take.<ref name="GE2">[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928025929/http://www.uplb.edu.ph/registrar/254 ''General Academic Information''], University of the Philippines Los Baños Website. Accessed May 6, 2007.</ref> It has led to the development of courses unique to campuses. Examples of these courses include NASC 10 (''Forests as Source of Life'') in Los Baños, Geography 1<ref>[http://www.upd.edu.ph/~ovcaa/rgep/index.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100723190320/http://www.upd.edu.ph/~ovcaa/rgep/index.html|date=July 23, 2010}}</ref> (''Places and Landscapes in a Changing World'') in Diliman, and History 3 (''History of Philippine Ethnic Minorities'') in Baguio.

===Library system===
[[File:UPSchoolofLibraryandInformationStudiesjf3334 08.JPG|thumb|left|The main library (Gonzalez Hall) in UP Diliman]]
The university library system contains the largest collections of agricultural, medical, veterinary and animal science materials in the Philippines.<ref name="Lib1">[http://www.up.edu.ph/upnewsletter.php?issue=21&i=237 ''CUs recover from Milenyo''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930225811/http://www.up.edu.ph/upnewsletter.php?issue=21&i=237 |date=September 30, 2007 }}, University of the Philippines System Website. Accessed May 8, 2007.</ref><ref name="Lib2">[https://web.archive.org/web/20070809103201/http://www.uplb.edu.ph/cvm/facilities/library.html ''CVM-IAS-DTRI Library''], University of the Philippines Los Baños Website. Accessed May 8, 2007.</ref><ref name="Lib3">[http://www.upm.edu.ph/universitylibrary.php ''University Library''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060825194007/http://www.upm.edu.ph/universitylibrary.php |date=August 25, 2006 }}, University of the Philippines Manila Website. Accessed May 8, 2007.</ref> The library system has a collection of Filipiniana material, serials and journals in both electronic and physical forms and UPIANA materials in its archives. It also has a collection of documents of student, political, and religious organizations advocating political, economic, and social changes during the Marcos administration in the Diliman library.<ref name="Lib4">[http://www.mainlib.upd.edu.ph/mainlib.php?p=15 ''Philippine Radical Papers in the University of the Philippines Diliman Main Library''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070506044900/http://www.mainlib.upd.edu.ph/mainlib.php?p=15 |date=May 6, 2007 }}, The University Library Website, University of the Philippines Diliman. Accessed May 8, 2007.</ref>

The university is one of the five governmental agencies involved with the Philippine eLib, a nationwide information resource-sharing consortium, to which it provides access to 758,649 of its bibliographic records.<ref name="Lib5">[http://www.elib.gov.ph/about.php?cid=8#8 ''Organizational Structure''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928045903/http://www.elib.gov.ph/about.php?cid=8 |date=September 28, 2007 }}, Philippine eLib Website, University of the Philippines Diliman. Accessed May 8, 2007.</ref>

The library was established in 1922 on the Manila campus and was considered one of the best in Asia prior to the [[Second World War]].<ref name="Lib6">[http://www.mainlib.upd.edu.ph/mainlib.php?p=2 ''Brief History''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070506044917/http://www.mainlib.upd.edu.ph/mainlib.php?p=2 |date=May 6, 2007 }}, The University Library Website, University of the Philippines Diliman. Accessed May 8, 2007.</ref> The collection, containing almost 150,000 volumes, was destroyed when Japanese troops stormed the library during the war, leaving only a handful of books intact. Gabriel Bernardo, the Librarian of the university who built the collection, described the loss as "intellectual famine." Bernardo would later rebuild the library in the Diliman campus.<ref name="Lib7">Mary Sue Coleman, [http://www.umich.edu/pres/speeches/060206google.html Fuck this ''Google, the Khmer Rouge and the Public Good ''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070515234938/http://www.umich.edu/pres/speeches/060206google.html |date=May 15, 2007 }}, Office of the President Website, University of Michigan. Accessed May 8, 2007.</ref> The university has likewise been one of the pioneers in [[library science]] education in the country. Library courses were first offered under the College of Liberal Arts under James Alexander Robertson in 1914. In 1961, the [[UP-ILIS|Institute of Library Science]] was established in Diliman and a year later, the institute established the country's first graduate program in Library Science.<ref name="Lib8">[http://www.upd.edu.ph/~ils/history.html ''History''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070430195924/http://www.upd.edu.ph/~ils/history.html |date=April 30, 2007 }} Institute of Library and Information Science Website, University of the Philippines Diliman. Accessed May 8, 2007.</ref>

==Admissions and financial aid==
{{See also|University of the Philippines College Admission Test}}

===Undergraduate admissions===
As a public state university, "''selection is based on intellectual and personal preparedness of the applicant irrespective of sex, religious belief and political affiliation.''"<ref name="Admission1">[http://www.upcm.ph/main.php?fid=policies ''Admission Information''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070611034554/http://www.upcm.ph/main.php?fid=policies |date=June 11, 2007 }}, University of the Philippines College of Medicine. Accessed April 30, 2007.</ref> Admission into the university's undergraduate programs is very competitive, with over 70,000 students taking the exam every year, with about 11,000 being accepted, an admission rate of about 18%.<ref name="UPCAT1">[http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/320508/ulatfilipino/balitangpinoy/bilang-ng-kumuha-ng-upcat-ngayong-taon-pinakamataas-sa-kasaysayan-ng-up] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821064156/http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/320508/ulatfilipino/balitangpinoy/bilang-ng-kumuha-ng-upcat-ngayong-taon-pinakamataas-sa-kasaysayan-ng-up|date=August 21, 2013}}, GMA News TV. Accessed August 3, 2013.</ref><ref name="UPCATPass">[http://www.upd.edu.ph/~updinfo/archives/MayJun2005/articles/MakeIt.htm ''3,822 make it to UPD!''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061009193830/http://www.upd.edu.ph/~updinfo/archives/MayJun2005/articles/MakeIt.htm |date=October 9, 2006 }} University of the Philippines Diliman. Accessed May 12, 2007.</ref> Admission to a program is usually based on the result of the UPCAT, University Predicted Grade (UPG), which is an average of grades obtained during high school and sometimes, a quota set by the unit offering the program. The university also maintains a ''Policy of Democratization'' which aims to "''make the UP studentry more representative of the nation's population.''"<ref name="UPCAT2" /> The UPCAT also allows students to enter Intarmed, the university's accelerated 7-year medicine curriculum, one of the two entry points into the program. Transferring to the university from other constituent units or schools outside the system are determined by the degree-granting unit that offers the program or the course, not by the university's Office of Admissions.<ref name="UPCAT2" />

===Socialized Tuition System===
The Socialized Tuition System (also referred to as the “''Iskolar ng Bayan''" Program) (STS) was implemented in response to the increase in tuition in 2014.<ref name="UPTuition1">{{cite web |title=Primer on the Proposal to Adjust Tuition and Other Fees|url=http://www.up.edu.ph/pdf/tuitionfee.pdf|website=University of the Philippines|publisher=University of the Philippines system |access-date=April 27, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320044007/http://www.up.edu.ph/pdf/tuitionfee.pdf|archive-date=March 20, 2012}}</ref> The program, proposed in 1988 by UP President Jose Abueva and mandated by the President and Congress of the Philippines, called for ''a radical departure from the old fee and scholarship structure of UP, resulting in tremendous benefits for low-income and disadvantaged Filipino students''.<ref name="UPTuition2">[https://web.archive.org/web/20070701000914/http://www.geocities.com/osa_gcp/stfafa.html ''Scholarship and Financial Assistance Program (STFAP)''], University of the Philippines Manila Office of Student Affairs. Accessed May 6, 2007.</ref> The Socialized Tuition and Financial Assistance Program (STFAP) is divided into four basic components: Subsidized Education, Socialized Tuition, Scholarships, and Student Assistantships. In the 1989 STFAP, income groups are divided into nine brackets, with one having the full benefits.<ref name="UPTuition2"/> In December 2006, the Board of Regents approved a restructured STFAP, along with the increase in tuition and other fees that will apply for incoming freshmen.<ref name="UPTuition3">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090123125814/http://stfap.up.edu.ph/stfaponline/page.php?content=bulletin&prevpage=%2Fstfaponline%2F ''STFAP Bulletin for the Alphabetic Bracketing Scheme''], University of the Philippines Socialized Tuition and Financial Assistance Program Page. Accessed May 6, 2007.</ref>

The Revised STFAP reduces the brackets from nine to five, and will supposedly increase the number of students receiving tuition subsidy and increase stipend rates and coverage.<ref name="UPTuition1"/> However, critics of the restructured STFAP argue that the data used in the formulation of the revised program is not an acceptable prediction of a student's family income, that some of the bracket assignments are flawed and that the program fails to address or revise student assistantship programs.<ref name="UPTuition4">[https://web.archive.org/web/20070706093928/http://philippinecollegian.net/?p=35 '' Points of (dis)order''], Philippine Collegian. Accessed May 6, 2007.</ref>

==Culture and traditions==

===University symbols===
{{See also|Oblation (University of the Philippines)}}
[[File:UP colors.svg|170px|thumb|[[Maroon#UP maroon|UP Maroon]] and [[Shades of green#UP forest green|UP Forest Green]] are the official university colors of UP]]

The university's colors are maroon and forest green. Maroon was chosen to represent the fight for freedom, as Maroon is also a name of a [[Maroon (people)|Jamaican tribe]] who were successful in defending their freedom from slavery and their independence from English conquerors for more than 100 years.<ref name="Maroons1">[http://members.tripod.com/livi_d/history/history.htm#The%20Maroons The Maroons] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070918224910/http://members.tripod.com/livi_d/history/history.htm#The%20Maroons |date=September 18, 2007 }}, The history of Jamaica website. Accessed May 12, 2007.</ref> The colors are also immortalized in the [[U.P. Naming Mahal|University's hymn]];
{{cquote|''Luntian at pula, Sagisag magpakailanman....''}}
In 2004, the university's seal and the Oblation were registered in the Philippine Intellectual Property Office to prevent unauthorized use and multiplication of the symbols for the centennial of the university in 2008.<ref name="UPIPO">[http://www.ipophil.gov.ph/tmgazette/Unlimited/OfficialSigns.asp?pubdate=1/24/2005 ''Official Signs for Prohibited Registration under SEC. 123 PAR (b) of Republic Act No. 8293 and Article 6ter of the Paris Convention''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206143948/http://www.ipophil.gov.ph/tmgazette/Unlimited/OfficialSigns.asp?pubdate=1%2F24%2F2005 |date=February 6, 2007 }}, Intellectual Property Office website. Accessed May 12, 2007.</ref> The centennial logo was used in visual materials and presentations of the centennial activities and events of the university. The logo, which was designed by Ringer Manalang, is composed of the Oblation, the sablay and a highlighted Philippine map.<ref name="CentennialLogo1">[http://www.up.edu.ph/content.php?r=14&c=30 ''All Systems Go''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311090241/http://www.up.edu.ph/content.php?r=14&c=30 |date=March 11, 2007 }}, University of the Philippines System Website, Accessed May 12, 2007.</ref><ref name="CentennialLogo2">[http://www.up.edu.ph/content.php?r=14&c=29 ''Description of the UP Centennial Logo''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070611033245/http://www.up.edu.ph/content.php?r=14&c=29 |date=June 11, 2007 }}, University of the Philippines System Website, Accessed May 12, 2007.</ref>

===Official seal===
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The Seal of the University of the Philippines is the official device used by the university as its official symbol and mark for its legal and public documents and publications. The current seal in use was approved by the [[#Board of Regents|Board of Regents]] on February 25, 1913, during its 77th Meeting.<ref name=brandbook>{{cite web|url=http://www.upv.edu.ph/downloads/files/UPBrandBook2007.pdf |title=University of Philippines Brand Book |access-date=July 22, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723191436/http://www.upv.edu.ph/downloads/files/UPBrandBook2007.pdf |archive-date=July 23, 2011 }} UP System Information Office. (2007). University of the Philippine Brand Book.</ref><ref name="Newsletter-Myths">{{cite web |url=http://www.up.edu.ph/pdf/UPN%20May%202011.pdf |title=UP Class of 2011 is over 6,500-strong |access-date=July 22, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719083550/http://up.edu.ph/pdf/UPN%20May%202011.pdf |archive-date=July 19, 2011 }} Romulado, A.V.P. (May 2011). Tales from up diliman: fact or fiction. U.P. Newsletter, p. 7.</ref> It has two versions: a one-color and a full-color version, using the prescribed tones of [[Maroon (color)#UP maroon|Maroon]] and [[Variations of green#UP forest green|Forest Green]], the official colors of the university as set by the University Brand Book released in 2007. The seal was registered in the [[Philippines|Philippine]] Intellectual Property Office and was approved in the year 2006 to prevent unauthorized use in time for UP's Centennial Celebration in 2008.

The [[bald eagle]] <!-- Please cite a source when changing --><ref name="brandbook" /><ref name="Newsletter-Myths" /> in the official seal holds a shield that carries a lamp, a cogwheel and; a volcano and tree (sometimes rendered erroneously as a star and the planet [[Saturn]]). These symbols represent [[science]] and [[medicine]], [[engineering]], and [[agriculture]] respectively. Until today, the university takes pride in these three areas of knowledge as these degree programs in UP are acknowledged as Centers of Excellence in the Philippines by the [[Commission on Higher Education (Philippines)|Commission on Higher Education]]. A myth persists that the bird in the seal is in fact, a parrot, as stated in some Freshmen orientation materials. The university's varsity team was also once called the ''Parrots'', adding to the confusion about the species of the bird in question. An explanation for the use of the eagle in the seal is that it was derived from the coat of arms of the City of [[Manila]] and the [[Great Seal of the United States]].<ref name="Newsletter-Myths" />

Starting with the reorganization of the UP System in 1972, in order to signify their newly gained autonomy and specialization, most constituent universities of the System have adopted their own seals. These logos are either variations of the official seal, by changing the colors and adding elements, or are entirely new designs. These are sometimes used in place of the official University seal in official documents, such as [[Transcript (education)|transcripts]] and markers. Distinct seals or logos are sometimes produced, such as those for the UP System and UPLB Centennial Celebrations. A notable use of the System seal can be seen in the official seal of the UP Alumni Association, which features the Oblation, the Diliman Carillon, the Bahay ng Alumni facade and the university seal in its ''entirety''.

===UP Naming Mahal===
''UP Naming Mahal'' is the university's hymn. The melody for the song was written by [[Nicanor Abelardo]], an alumnus and former faculty member of the [[UP College of Music]]. Abelardo is considered to be one of the Philippines' greatest musicians. Because of the original scale of the hymn in B flat major, which is too high for the usual voice, [[UP College of Music|UP Conservatory of Music]] (now UP College of Music) professors Hilarion Rubio and Tomas Aguirre reset the music in G major. The [http://www.nhick.com/music/UP_Naming_Mahal.mp3 choral version]{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} arranged by Nhick Pacis was performed by the UP Concert Chorus.

The English lyrics (entitled as "UP Beloved") were taken from a poem by Teogenes Velez, a Liberal Arts student. The translation to Filipino was a composite from seven entries in a contest held by the university. The judges did not find any of the seven translations as fully satisfactory.

====Lyrics<ref name=uphymn>{{cite web|url=http://iskwiki.upd.edu.ph/index.php/UP_Naming_Mahal#.W_7TY1QzbDe|title=UP Naming Mahal|website=UPD.edu.ph|date=March 6, 2009|access-date=November 29, 2018|archive-date=November 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129012757/http://iskwiki.upd.edu.ph/index.php/UP_Naming_Mahal#.W_7TY1QzbDe|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=UPblog>{{cite web|url=http://www.nhick.com/up-naming-mahal/|title=UP Naming Mahal|website=nhick.com|date=July 6, 2009|access-date=November 29, 2018|archive-date=November 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129002704/http://www.nhick.com/up-naming-mahal/|url-status=live}}</ref>====
{| class = "wikitable"
! Filipino Lyrics<br />(''U.P. Naming Mahal'')
! Original Lyrics in English<br />(''U.P. Beloved'')
|-
| '''I.'''<br />
U.P. naming mahal, pamantasang hirang<br />
Ang tinig namin, sana'y inyong dinggin<br />
Malayong lupain, amin mang marating<br />
Di rin magbabago ang damdamin<br />
Di rin magbabago ang damdamin.<br />
<br />
'''II.'''<br />
Luntian at pula, Sagisag magpakailanman<br />
Ating pagdiwang, bulwagan ng dangal<br />
Humayo't itanghal, giting at tapang<br />
Mabuhay ang pag-asa ng bayan<br />
Mabuhay ang pag-asa ng bayan.
|'''I.'''<br />
U.P. beloved, thou Alma Mater dear<br />
For thee united, our joyful voices hear<br />
Far tho we wander, o'er island yonder<br />
Loyal thy sons we'll ever be<br />
Loyal thy sons we'll ever be.<br />
<br />
'''II.'''<br />
Echo the watchword, the Red and Green forever.<br />
Give out the password, to the Hall of Brave sons rare.<br />
Sing forth the message, ring out with courage<br />
All hail, thou hope of our dear land,<br />
All hail, thou hope of our dear land.
|}

===Sablay===
[[File:Sablay3.jpg|thumb|Sablay, a ceremonial sash worn by graduates in the Philippines]]
The university uses unique academic regalia, called the "Sablay," which is a sash patterned after the centuries-old sash academic regalia of Scandinavian universities. The "Sablay" is a sash joined in front by an ornament and embroidered or printed with the university's initials in [[Baybayin|Baybayin script]] and running geometric motifs of indigenous Filipino ethnic groups. It is traditionally worn over a white or ecru dress for females or an ecru [[barong Tagalog]] and black pants for males, although there has been instances wherein the Sablay is worn over other indigenous clothing.<ref name="Sablay1">[http://www.science.upd.edu.ph/main/modules/wfsection/html/2007_university_graduation_instructions.pdf ''Instruction to Candidates of Graduation'']{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, College of Science Website, University of the Philippines Diliman. Accessed May 12, 2007.</ref> Candidates for graduation wear the sablay at the right shoulder, and is then moved to the left shoulder after the President of the university confers their degree, similar to the moving of the [[tassel]] of the [[Square academic cap|academic cap]].<ref name="Sablay2">[http://www.upd.edu.ph/~updinfo/aprmayjun06/articles/therites.htm ''Rights at a glance''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060924015208/http://www.upd.edu.ph/~updinfo/aprmayjun06/articles/therites.htm |date=September 24, 2006 }}, University of the Philippines Diliman Website. Accessed May 12, 2007.</ref>

==Notable alumni==
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The University of the Philippines has numerous notable [[alumni]] and [[Faculty (academic staff)|faculty]]. UP graduated many leading figures in the country.

In the country's political history, UP has produced [[President of the Philippines|former Philippine presidents]] such as [[José P. Laurel]], [[Diosdado Macapagal]], [[Ferdinand Marcos]], and [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]]; former senators [[Lorenzo Tañada]], [[Jovito Salonga]], [[Ninoy Aquino]], [[Francis Pangilinan]], and [[Richard J. Gordon]]; the 14th Vice President [[Leni Robredo]]; statesmen [[Arturo Tolentino]], [[Gerardo Roxas]], and [[Doy Laurel]]; prominent jurists such as former [[Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines|chief justices]] [[Hilario Davide]] and [[Maria Lourdes Sereno]]; and incumbent Congressman [[Roman Romulo]].

In business, UP graduated billionaire and [[Araneta family|Araneta]] patriarch [[Jorge L. Araneta]].<ref>See ''[[List of University of the Philippines College of Law alumni]]''</ref> [[Antonio Quirino]], the founder of the first television station in the Philippines: Alto Broadcasting System (now known as [[ABS-CBN Corporation]]), is also a graduate, as is [[Marla Rausch]], the founder and CEO of Animation Vertigo, a [[motion-capture]] [[animation company]]. UP also produced the first Filipina [[Nobel Peace Prize]] laureate with [[Maria Ressa]] winning the award in 2021.

In media, UP graduated ''[[The Simpsons]]'' layout artist [[Jess Española]], who won the first [[Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Award]] for his contribution as an assistant director of "[[Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind]]" from the [[The Simpsons season 19|19th season of ''The Simpsons'']].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jess Espanola |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/jess-espanola |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=Television Academy |language=en}}</ref>  

In New Zealand, [[Louie Bretaña]] was awarded Artist of the Year, Filipino-Kiwi Hero Awards 2024 for his contribution to the [[New Zealand]]'s visual arts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Louie Bretaña awarded Artist of the Year |url=https://artnow.nz/news/louie-breta%C3%B1a-awarded-artist-of-the-year |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=Artnow |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[DZUP|DZUP 1602]]
*[[Higher education in the Philippines|Higher Education In The Philippines]]
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